Toy bowling alley



Sept. 11,' 1923. 1,467,600

- v.HovANEc l V V TOY BOWLING ALLEY Filed Nov. 9. 1922 Patented Sept. 11,` 1923.

UNITED s'rArss ritma VALENT HovANnc, or AMBRIDGE, rnNnsYLvANm- 'roY BOWLING Affair.

Appuafion med novembere, 1922. serial no. ssasaa To all wk om it may con/cem:` l v Be it Vknown that I, VALENT HovANnc, a

citizen of the United States of America, re- Siding at A mbridge, in the county of Beaver ikn disposed at one end thereof for throwing a ball down the 'alley in the directionaor pins placed at the lower end thereof:

The primary object of the invention is to provide a toy bowling alley wherein a manij kin that is mounted upon a vertical pivot adjacent one end of the alley is provided with a hinged arm having a socket portion at the outer end or hand thereof for holding a' ball with manually operable means for swinging the arm to throw the ball down the alley. v Another object of the invention is to provide a toy bowling alley wherein a metallic blank is bent to provideguide supporting bars with a central alley portion with a depressed gutter at each side of the alley..

`With the above and other ob]:ects inA view s as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of thev novel form, combination and arrangementv of parts hereinafter more fully described, shownin the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the gdrawing, wherein like reference Characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy bowling alley constructed in accordance with the present invention showing the pins placed at one end of the alley and a manikin having a swinging arm carrying a bowling ball disposed at the other end thereof,

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view showing the Operating mechanism for the swinging arm of the manikin,

Figure 8 is a detail sectional view showing the connection between the swinging arm of the manikin and the Operating mechanism therefor, and the Vertical pivot for the manikin, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the tensionedlever for Operating the swinging arm of the manikin.

LReferringv moreV in detail to the accoinpanying drawing, the alley portion of the'v device is str'uc'k from a sheet metal blank bent to provide sidejsupporting bars 'lyand V a central lon'gitudinal alley 2, one 'end of the 'p alleyL being upw'ardly bent to provide.. a fla'n'ge adjacentthe ends 4 mountedon'tlie alley 2' in the'usual arrangement. vEachfside of the alley 2 'adjacent 'the side supporting bars 1 is longitudinally depres'sed to provide 'gutters 5v to guide theV bowling balls when' the same leave the valley 2. The' oppos'ite i end of the alley 2 has a pair of transvrsely alined struckout portions defining depend-` ing ears 6, a p/airlof slotted openings 7 being located forwardly of the depending ears '6 while circular apertures 8jare formed in the alley forwardly of the slotted openings 7 a rectangular opening 9 being formed in theI extreme inner end of the alley 2 as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

frhe manikinio is' posaoned On the alley' 2 upon thevertical pivot pin 11 th'atfis freely mounted in either of the openings 8, the manikin carrying -a swinging arm12 having a socket 13 formed at the hand porfl` ton thereof.`

` The operating' mechanism forv swinging the arm 12'includes ,a lever that is struck out n from a blankof, sheet metal and bent to provide side 'arms 14 having transversely alined openings 15l therein that receive the pivot pin`16y knotte'd in4 the depending e'ars'6lcar-' rie'dfby the 'alley v2. The rear ends' ofthe lever arms-14 Lcarry' anintegral upwar'dly' directed lpresser head that normal1y'pro--,h

jets upwardly through the opening 9'in 'the' rear end of the alley, a cross brace 18' `eXtending between the lever arms 14 out-y wardly of the pivot pin 16 maintaining proper relative positions of the two lever arms 14.` The forward ends of the lever arms 14 are slotted as at 18 through which the lower angle end 19 of a link'20 freely extends, the upper end of the link projecting through either of the slotted openings 7 in the alley 2 and being angujlarly bent as at 21 for free mounting in the `openings 22 adjacent the lower end of the i swinging arm 12. The arm 12 is maintained at its limit of downward movement with 'the presser head 17 projecting upwardly through the opening 9 in the alley 2 by the coil spring 23 interposed between the lower face of the alley 2 and the cross brace 18 as clearly shown inFigs. 2 and 3.

In the operation of the device, a ball is positioned in the socket 13 of the arm 12, and upon Operating the presser head 17 in a downward direction, the lever arms 14 vertically shift the link 20 for swinging the arm 12 to the dotted line position shown in Fig, 2, throwing the ball 24 from the socket 13 along the alley 2for spilling the Vpins L1, the spring 23 vreturning `the swingng arm 12 to its set position and also elevating the presser head 17. By the provisio'n'of the Vertical pivot pin 11 for the inanikin 10, and the slot connection between the lower angle end 19 of the link 20 andthe lever arm 14, the'manikin 10 may be slightly rotated in either direction to control the direction of travel lof the ball 24. Also, by the provi'sion of theT-slotted 'opening'i7 and the apertures 8 the alley 2, the manikin 10 maybe shifted from one side of the alley to the other in which'v either the rightfor' left arm of the manikin may be pivotal-l'y mounted for throwing the ball 24.

VVhile there is here'in's'hown and described the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is nevertheles'to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without ldeparting from the spirit and scope thereof as claime'd. l

VVhat is 'claimed as new is 1. In a toy bowling alley, a metallic frame bent t'o provide a central alley portionand 'deprcssed to provide lateral gutters, a 'manikin mounte'd upon a vertical pivot adjacent one end oflthe alley and having a swinging `arm for supporting 'a bowling ball, means for swinging the manikin arm, said means including a Jlever frame embodylng lside arms, struck out portions from the alle'y forfming depen'ding ears to which the arms are pivoted, said alley having a series of openings formed therein, a presser head carried by the lever arms' projecting =upwardly through one of saidopenings, an'd a Xlink Vconnection between the forward end' of said arms-and the swinging arml of the maiiikin freely extending through one of the alley openings.

2.1 In av toy bowling alley, a metallic-frame bent to provide a central alley portion and depressed to provide lateral gutters, a manikinn'iouted upon a verti'e'al pivot adjacent one end of the alley and having a swinging arni vfor supporting a bowling ball, means' for. swinging the manikin arm, said means including a lever 'frame embodymg side arms, struck out portions from the alley forming depending earsto which the l'ari'ns are `pivoted, said alley having va series 'of openings formed thereln, a p'resser head carried bythe lever arms projecting upwar'dly through vone` of said ope'nin'gs, a link'connection between lthe forward end of said arms and the swinging arm of themanikin V freely extending through one of the alley' openings, a cross brace extending 'between the leverarms, and a 'coil spring interposed including a lever 'frame embodying'sidea arms, struck out portions from the alley forniin'g depending ea'rs to which the arms are pivoted, said alley having a series'of openings'formed therein, a presser' head c'a'rried by Vthe lever arms projecting upwardly through one of said openings, a link connection' between the forward end of said arms and the swinging arm of the manikin freely extending Vthrough one of the alley opening's,

the connection betwee'nlthe link and 'lever arms includingan angle arm carried b'y the lower Vend of said links and slotted openings formed in the forward en'ds of -said 'lever arms to which the angle end of'the links freely extend.

lIn testimony whereof I' ax my signature,

VALENT HovANEC.l 

